Abstract

AIM: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, metabolic risk factors, and thyroid dysfunction among a healthy urban population.

METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, the patients were evaluated for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) using ultrasonography. The participants’ characteristics such as age, sex, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and history of diabetes, ischemic heart disease (IHD), hypertension, and hyperlipidemia were recorded using a data gathering form. The patients were compared to those without NAFLD in terms of metabolic factors and thyroid abnormalities.

CONCLUSION: Central obesity as reflected by waist-to-hip ratio is one of the major risk factors for NAFLD. However, thyroid dysfunction was not correlated with NAFLD and the observed alterations in thyroid hormones are due to sick euthyroid syndrome.